Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  One of the most valuable benefits of putting political action into the form of nonviolent encampments is that we learn each other’s stories as we occupy our public parks and squares. Here’s a story from the October2011 occupation in Freedom Plaza, Washington, D.C. There are many[Read More…]

CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today condemned the early morning police raid on the peaceful Occupy Oakland encampment, and criticized Oakland Mayor Jean Quan for joining the list of mayors employing repression against the occupy movement. According to press reports, police stormed the encampment near Oakland’s[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  Writer, blogger, and constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald will be speaking at Occupy Boston on Saturday, October 29 at 4:00 PM.   Greenwald is widely known through his blog on Salon.com, where he writes scathing, intelligent, and highly documented critiques of corrupt and hypocritical politicians and the media outlets[Read More…]

BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  Today at 5 am, some 500 officers in full riot gear—drawn from police forces across central California—raided Occupy Oakland, clearing their camps in Frank H. Ogawa Plaza and Snow Park and arresting over 70 protestors. Police used tear gas, flash grenades, and rubber bullets against the nonviolent[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  To all those in the United States currently occupying parks, squares and other spaces, your comrades in Cairo are watching you in solidarity. Having received so much advice from you about transitioning to democracy, we thought it’s our turn to pass on some advice. Indeed, we[Read More…]

UPDATE: CITY DEFERS OCCUPY BALTIMORE PERMIT REQUEST – OCCUPATION CALLS FOR PUBLIC SUPPORT NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  Occupy Baltimore has been peacefully gathering in McKeldin Square on the corner of Pratt & Light Streets since October 4th, 2011. Today marks the start of the fourth week of the encampment. Early last[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011, 3:12 pm Waging Nonviolence traveled to the fifth annual Gandhi-King Conference in Memphis this past weekend. In addition to making new friends and reconnecting with old ones—which is what it’s really all about—Eric and I presented a workshop on the role of blogging in nonviolent activism.[Read More…]

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”—First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution[Read More…]

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–25 October 2011.  Criminals may have laundered around $1.6 trillion in 2009, one fifth of that coming from the illicit drug trade, according to a new report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The $1.6 trillion represents 2.7 per cent of global gross domestic product[Read More…]

Colorado Progressive Coalition members and Wells Fargo account holders will be closing their account with the lending giant DENVER–(ENEWSPF)–October 25, 2011.  On Tuesday, members of the Colorado Progressive Coalition (CPC) will join over 300 Wells Fargo account holders and one local union in divesting their accounts from Colorado’s largest bank[Read More…]